What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration is dismissed as untimely.
Petition for reconsideration of WCJ's Order Dismissing Case; petition reviewed for timeliness and dismissed as untimely.
What was disputed, and how it came out
Each issue the panel decided, with the reasoning it gave. An outcome is what this panel did on this record — not a rule, and not a prediction.
The petition was filed after the statutory deadline, and the time limit is jurisdictional; no evidence supported an exception for EAMS filing issues.
From the decision · page 2In this case, the WCJ issued the Order Dismissing Case on April 28, 2023. Pursuant to the authority cited above, applicant had until Tuesday, May 23, 2023 to seek reconsideration on a timely basis. Here, applicant's Petition for Reconsideration is dated May 24, 2023, already one day late, and was filed on May 26, 2023, three days late. Therefore, the petition is untimely and will be dismissed.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Petition for Reconsideration was signed and filed after the statutory deadline (signed May 24, 2023; filed May 26, 2023; deadline was May 23, 2023).